“Even for epileptic patients -- most of them have had to add either THCA or THC into their child’s regimen," says Barnhart.

The Cannamoms want that option in Florida.

After Dahlia’s diagnosis in December, Barnhart moved from Tampa to Colorado, because Dahlia could get injections of cannabis oil there.

"She almost immediately was no longer at risk for having to have a feeding tube put in, she got her appetite back in fact started gaining weight while on chemotherapy for brain cancer -- which is pretty much unheard of, especially in pediatric patients." -CannaMom Moriah Barnhart, speaking of her daughter, Dahlia

“She almost immediately was no longer at risk for having to have a feeding tube put in, she got her appetite back in fact started gaining weight while on chemotherapy for brain cancer -- which is pretty much unheard of, especially in pediatric patients," Barnhart says. "She was taken off of all of her antiemetics for nausea and vomiting, appetite stimulants, Neurontin for neuropathy pain, morphine for generalized pain.”

Barnhart says Dahlia’s tumor is shrinking, -- and she attributes that to the cannabis.

They came back to Tampa in June, after lawyers said Barnhart could continue her daughter’s treatment under Florida’s medical necessity defense.

She wants to be here to fight for Amendment 2.

“She gets up every morning happy to be alive," she says, "and to see her have all of that ripped from her and to be able to give it back to her means more to me as a mother than anything I’ll ever witness with my own eyes for the rest of my life.”

CannaMom Renee Petro’s 12-year-old son Branden has a seizure disorder known as F.I.R.E.S.

She wants to get him off the medications he’s been on for the last four years -- she says they cause hallucinations and depression.

“He actually asks to commit suicide,” she says.

She’s been giving him cannabis oil because she heard it can help wean him off the prescription drugs.

Because of that, she says, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Child Protective unit visited her home.

“But I let them in, because I’m not hiding anything.”

"They came in, asked some questions, and left. Petro hired a lawyer and says she hasn’t been contacted since.

Barnhart says that's the kind of incident that scares those who could benefit from medical marijuana -- and one reason they must share their stories."

“Everyone would be as compassionate as us if they really, really understood," she says, "and that’s our job."

The CannaMoms say that’s the kind of thing that will scare people who could benefit from marijuana. It's one reason they'll continue to fight for medical marijuana -- between now and November.